Biden says goal for Xi meeting is to get US-China communications back to normal

President Joe Biden arrives at San Francisco International Airport for the Apec summit (Evan Vucci/ AP)

President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping landed in San Francisco on Tuesday as the two leaders made their final preparations for their first engagement in a year.

Mr Biden expressed hopes that the talks would help put a shaky US-China relationship — marked by sharp differences over the last year — in a better place.